/*
 * Wevo2 - Distributed Evolutionary Computation Library.
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Marcin Brodziak
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 *    Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */

package engine.operators.reporters;

/**
 * A class for providing an interpretation to an individual.
 * @param <T> type of the individual to be interpreted.
 */
public interface Interpretation<T> {

  /**
   * Takes an individual and returns a human-friendly interpretation of it.
   * @param individual Individual to be interpreted.
   * @return String based interpretation of the individual.
   */
  String interprete(T individual);
}
